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Best Gold and Commodities Stocks of the Day - The best performers from the last trading session:-

Coeur Mining [137.31%], Scotts Miracle-Gro [34.57%], Ecolab [33.49%], Kronos Worldwide [30.20%], Axalta Coating [22.35%], Linde [21.99%], NewMarket [20.86%], Hecla Mining [20.43%], Eastman Chemical [19.77%], H.B. Fuller [15.38%],

The top 10 best trending stocks:-

Hecla Mining [20.43%], Central Garden [2.74%], NovaGold Resources [2.31%], MP Materials [1.21%], Ivanhoe Electric [0.71%], Warrior Met [0.57%], Cleveland-Cliffs [-16.65%], Coeur Mining [137.31%], Materion [12.72%], Perimeter Solutions [1.69%],

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12Stocks.com:Current Chart and Performance of Materials Sector in a Glance
GDX : Tracks to perform similar to Amex Gold Miners Index
Performance  Weekly: -0.93%    Daily: 1.38%
Year-to-date Performance : 54.59%
Relative Performance: The materials sector is outperforming the market (S&P 500) by 47.86%
Materials sector is composed of stocks from Metals, Precious Metals (Gold, Silver), Mining and services subsectors.

Materials sector, as represented by XLB, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of materials stocks (e.g, Alcoa, Newmont Mining)  is up by 54.59% and is currently outperforming the market (S&P 500) by 47.86%.

Year to date, the leading largecap materials stocks are MP Materials [189.17%], Newmont [62.51%], Mosaic [49.66%], NewMarket [38.22%], Corteva [29.51%], Freeport-McMoRan [22.75%], Nucor [22.56%], Reliance Steel [22.51%], Royal Gold [22.06%], Steel Dynamics [18.89%], CF Industries [15.85%] .

This guide helps to identify investing opportunities in materials sector. Check daily for updates.

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MATERIALS
SECTOR
PERFORMANCE
9.29%
(YEAR-TO-DATE)
0.16%
(WEEKLY)
11.41%
(DAILY)
 
12Stocks.com: Top Performing Materials Stocks

We try to spot trends by analyzing the performances of various stocks or components within materials sector and try to find best performing stocks. The movers and shakers.

First, let us look at major subsectors (gold & silver, coal, steel) within Materials sector and look at their performances year to date - GDX [54.59%], SLX [22.1%], .

Among larger materials stocks (marketcap > 3 Billion), the top performing stocks year to date are MP Materials [189.17%], Newmont [62.51%], Mosaic [49.66%], NewMarket [38.22%], Corteva [29.51%], Freeport-McMoRan [22.75%], Nucor [22.56%], Reliance Steel [22.51%], Royal Gold [22.06%], Steel Dynamics [18.89%], CF Industries [15.85%] .

Now, more recently, over last week, the largecap materials stocks on the move up are - MP Materials [41.68%], Albemarle [5.61%], Westlake Chemical [5.24%], LyondellBasell Industries [4.1%], Dow [3.83%], CF Industries [3.79%], Huntsman [3.42%], Nucor [3.29%], DuPont de [2.4%], Steel Dynamics [1.37%], Freeport-McMoRan [1.22%] .

The top performing stocks year to date (YTD) in the midcap and smallcap materials sector are Compass Minerals [99.47%], SSR Mining [81.9%], Coeur Mining [67.66%], Worthington Industries [59.06%], Sensient Technologies [53.28%], NovaGold Resources [44.14%], Ivanhoe Electric [37.62%], Constellium SE [37.39%], i-80 Gold [32.04%], Kaiser Aluminum [28.84%], Hecla Mining [28.81%] .
LEADING MATERIALS STOCKS
MP MATERIALS: 189.17%
NEWMONT : 62.51%
MOSAIC : 49.66%
NEWMARKET : 38.22%
CORTEVA : 29.51%
FREEPORT-MCMORAN : 22.75%
NUCOR : 22.56%
RELIANCE STEEL: 22.51%
ROYAL GOLD: 22.06%
STEEL DYNAMICS: 18.89%

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12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials Sector using Exchange Traded Funds
The following table shows list of key exchange traded funds (ETF)that help investors have diversified materials portfolio.

List of leveraged ETFs thattrack twice or thrice the daily returns of materials indices help traders in making short term movements of  materials sector (both up and down).

12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Materials Sector

TickerETF NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceChange %Week %Year-to-date %
UYMProShares Ultra Basic Materials  Double25.632.92-0.212.97%
XLBMaterials SPDR Chemicals91.5211.410.169.29%
SLXMarket Vectors Steel  Metals71.381.541.6922.1%
GLDstreetTRACKS Gold  Precious Metals309.141.160.6527.68%
DBAPowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Agricultural25.770.90-0.46-3.08%
AGQUltra Silver Double55.136.4111.5163.74%
SLViShares Silver Trust Precious Metals35.033.074.5433.04%
XMEMetals & Mining SPDR MINING -NON FERR73.132.414.3729.02%
UGLUltra Gold Double35.742.211.62-61.77%
MOOAgribusiness ETF Agricultural74.431.73-1.2915.36%
GDXGold Miners  Precious Metals52.421.38-0.9354.59%
SEAShipping ETF Materials14.350.00010.43%
ZSLUltraShort Silver Short22.01-48.33-11.18-47.6%
SMNProShares UltraShort Basic Materials  Short13.17-2.54-0.04-20.3%
GLLUltraShort Gold Short21.60-2.26-1.5922.87%
 Market data as of 11-Jul-25
12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials using Stocks
The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance of various materials stocks.

One can glean long and short term trends by sorting list of materials stocks by performance over daily, weekly or year-to-date periods.

12Stocks.com Performance of Materials Stocks

TickerStock NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceChange %Weekly Change%YTD Change%
CBTCabot Corporation Materials78.442.670.09-13.66%
AAAlcoa Corporation Materials31.094.53-0.19-17.44%
IEIvanhoe Electric Inc. Materials10.390.711137.62%
MTXMinerals Technologies Inc. Materials59.183.340.14-22.23%
HLHecla Mining Company Materials6.3220.434.1228.81%
KROKronos Worldwide, Inc. Materials6.4730.20-1.07-33.19%
KALUKaiser Aluminum Corporation Materials88.484.893.3228.84%
CLFCleveland-Cliffs Inc. Materials9.87-16.6511.95%
CENTACentral Garden & Pet Company Materials35.752.7410.248.17%
PRMPerimeter Solutions, SA Materials16.221.695.3926.92%
CDECoeur Mining, Inc. Materials9.59137.315.1567.66%
TROXTronox Holdings plc Materials5.698.811.97-42.57%
HCCWarrior Met Coal, Inc. Materials52.970.575.92-2.17%
MTRNMaterion Corporation Materials86.1112.720.61-12.8%
CSTMConstellium SE Materials14.11-8.61-3.0937.39%
IAUXi-80 Gold Corp. Materials0.640.981.3632.04%
TGTredegar Corporation Materials9.065.80-2.5817.97%
OECOrion Engineered Carbons S.A. Materials11.243.25-0.09-28.7%
METCBRamaco Resources, Inc. Materials11.970.1844.4223.82%
FFFutureFuel Corp. Materials4.020.98-3.6-22.94%
AVDAmerican Vanguard Corporation Materials3.944.45-5.06-14.9%
HWKNHawkins, Inc. Materials155.30146.511.8626.8%
VHIValhi, Inc. Materials18.04116.45-0.33-22.53%
ASIXAdvanSix Inc. Materials23.13-15.74-8.54-18.32%
BTUPeabody Energy Corporation Materials15.25-0.175.17-26.83%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Cabot CorporationCBT Cabot Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1261.47 Millions
Recent Price: 78.44    
Day Percent Change: Cabot Corporation%     Day Change: 2.71
Week Change: 0.09%     Year-to-date Change: -13.7%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Alcoa CorporationAA Alcoa Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 1248.08 Millions
Recent Price: 31.09    
Day Percent Change: Alcoa Corporation%     Day Change: 1.47
Week Change: -0.19%     Year-to-date Change: -17.4%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Ivanhoe Electric Inc.IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Copper
MarketCap: 1200 Millions
Recent Price: 10.39    
Day Percent Change: Ivanhoe Electric Inc.%     Day Change: 0.05
Week Change: 11%     Year-to-date Change: 37.6%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Minerals Technologies Inc.MTX Minerals Technologies Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 1155.36 Millions
Recent Price: 59.18    
Day Percent Change: Minerals Technologies Inc.%     Day Change: 2.48
Week Change: 0.14%     Year-to-date Change: -22.2%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Hecla Mining CompanyHL Hecla Mining Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 1048.49 Millions
Recent Price: 6.32    
Day Percent Change: Hecla Mining Company%     Day Change: 1.05
Week Change: 4.12%     Year-to-date Change: 28.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Kronos Worldwide, Inc.KRO Kronos Worldwide, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1046.57 Millions
Recent Price: 6.47    
Day Percent Change: Kronos Worldwide, Inc.%     Day Change: 2.73
Week Change: -1.07%     Year-to-date Change: -33.2%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Kaiser Aluminum CorporationKALU Kaiser Aluminum Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 969.808 Millions
Recent Price: 88.48    
Day Percent Change: Kaiser Aluminum Corporation%     Day Change: 3.47
Week Change: 3.32%     Year-to-date Change: 28.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 957.61 Millions
Recent Price: 9.87    
Day Percent Change: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.%     Day Change: -2.65
Week Change: 11.9%     Year-to-date Change: 5.0%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Central Garden & Pet CompanyCENTA Central Garden & Pet Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 953 Millions
Recent Price: 35.75    
Day Percent Change: Central Garden & Pet Company%     Day Change: 0.91
Week Change: 10.24%     Year-to-date Change: 8.2%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Perimeter Solutions, SAPRM Perimeter Solutions, SA
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 930 Millions
Recent Price: 16.22    
Day Percent Change: Perimeter Solutions, SA%     Day Change: 0.19
Week Change: 5.39%     Year-to-date Change: 26.9%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Coeur Mining, Inc.CDE Coeur Mining, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 853.219 Millions
Recent Price: 9.59    
Day Percent Change: Coeur Mining, Inc.%     Day Change: 3.68
Week Change: 5.15%     Year-to-date Change: 67.7%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Tronox Holdings plcTROX Tronox Holdings plc
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 807 Millions
Recent Price: 5.69    
Day Percent Change: Tronox Holdings plc%     Day Change: 1.16
Week Change: 1.97%     Year-to-date Change: -42.6%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Warrior Met Coal, Inc.HCC Warrior Met Coal, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 748.81 Millions
Recent Price: 52.97    
Day Percent Change: Warrior Met Coal, Inc.%     Day Change: 0.33
Week Change: 5.92%     Year-to-date Change: -2.2%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Materion CorporationMTRN Materion Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 703.71 Millions
Recent Price: 86.11    
Day Percent Change: Materion Corporation%     Day Change: 13.44
Week Change: 0.61%     Year-to-date Change: -12.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Constellium SECSTM Constellium SE
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 646.608 Millions
Recent Price: 14.11    
Day Percent Change: Constellium SE%     Day Change: -1.56
Week Change: -3.09%     Year-to-date Change: 37.4%
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Monthly Stock Chart of i-80 Gold Corp.IAUX i-80 Gold Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 616 Millions
Recent Price: 0.64    
Day Percent Change: i-80 Gold Corp.%     Day Change: 0.01
Week Change: 1.36%     Year-to-date Change: 32.0%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Tredegar CorporationTG Tredegar Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 545.057 Millions
Recent Price: 9.06    
Day Percent Change: Tredegar Corporation%     Day Change: 0.33
Week Change: -2.58%     Year-to-date Change: 18.0%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.OEC Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 493.457 Millions
Recent Price: 11.24    
Day Percent Change: Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.%     Day Change: 0.57
Week Change: -0.09%     Year-to-date Change: -28.7%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Ramaco Resources, Inc.METCB Ramaco Resources, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Coking Coal
MarketCap: 469 Millions
Recent Price: 11.97    
Day Percent Change: Ramaco Resources, Inc.%     Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: 44.42%     Year-to-date Change: 23.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of FutureFuel Corp.FF FutureFuel Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 450.736 Millions
Recent Price: 4.02    
Day Percent Change: FutureFuel Corp.%     Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: -3.6%     Year-to-date Change: -22.9%
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Monthly Stock Chart of American Vanguard CorporationAVD American Vanguard Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 419.329 Millions
Recent Price: 3.94    
Day Percent Change: American Vanguard Corporation%     Day Change: 0.25
Week Change: -5.06%     Year-to-date Change: -14.9%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Hawkins, Inc.HWKN Hawkins, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 398.957 Millions
Recent Price: 155.30    
Day Percent Change: Hawkins, Inc.%     Day Change: 74.40
Week Change: 1.86%     Year-to-date Change: 26.8%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Valhi, Inc.VHI Valhi, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 394.336 Millions
Recent Price: 18.04    
Day Percent Change: Valhi, Inc.%     Day Change: 16.00
Week Change: -0.33%     Year-to-date Change: -22.5%
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Monthly Stock Chart of AdvanSix Inc.ASIX AdvanSix Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 394.136 Millions
Recent Price: 23.13    
Day Percent Change: AdvanSix Inc.%     Day Change: -5.66
Week Change: -8.54%     Year-to-date Change: -18.3%
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Monthly Stock Chart of Peabody Energy CorporationBTU Peabody Energy Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 355.11 Millions
Recent Price: 15.25    
Day Percent Change: Peabody Energy Corporation%     Day Change: -0.04
Week Change: 5.17%     Year-to-date Change: -26.8%
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LIN468.8112.4-1.4 22.0
ECL266.9614.2-2.6 33.5
APD291.971.90.0 0.7
MP45.11189.241.7 1.2
SHW345.932.0-2.3 0.3
NEM60.1362.50.4 1.2
DD75.49-0.52.4 1.2
DOW29.55-25.03.8 -2.7
PPG117.30-1.2-0.8 -11.7
CTVA73.5729.5-4.6 2.2
LYB64.55-11.64.1 2.2
IFF75.95-9.7-0.5 -0.4
NUE142.4022.63.3 1.4
FCX46.3622.81.2 3.3
FMC42.38-11.6-4.2 2.7
CE61.03-11.80.3 2.1
AVTR13.58-35.6-2.2 2.5
RPM113.30-7.1-0.1 1.7
EMN80.26-11.30.9 19.8
ALB70.98-17.15.6 -53.7
CF98.2415.93.8 2.3
RS328.4822.50.5 1.1
WLK85.36-25.25.2 4.8
SMG69.315.61.1 34.6
RGLD159.9622.1-11.0 1.6
NEU726.4538.2-1.5 20.9
STLD135.0718.91.4 1.8
MOS36.4549.7-2.2 2.8
AXTA30.52-10.8-1.1 22.4
BCPC158.44-2.8-4.0 3.0
HUN11.49-35.33.4 4.6
WDFC223.33-7.2-4.2 2.0
ASH53.42-24.8-0.5 2.2
KNF78.88-22.4-2.1 4.1
NG4.8044.16.2 2.3
KWR130.04-6.84.7 -7.1
OLN21.88-34.8-0.2 3.8
SXT108.6353.30.7 2.4
ESI24.68-2.72.8 3.1
SCL59.02-8.2-0.4 -17.8
CMC52.115.8-0.6 2.7
CC13.82-16.96.9 -47.7
SLVM50.99-34.6-3.8 2.3
IOSP88.26-19.8-0.5 2.1
FUL63.23-6.01.6 15.4
SSRM12.6681.9-4.0 5.5
CMP22.4499.50.9 -1.3
WOR63.5359.1-2.8 3.0
ROCK63.718.22.3 4.3
NGVT47.5616.71.7 -30.7
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